Samuel L. Jackson
Manhattan Weekend Box Office: Don't Jump! Sci-Fi Pic, Step Up Dance Jig, Even Here; In Bruges Surges
If trailers for the movie Jumper (no. 1), the sci-fi actioner starring Hayden Chrstensen, Rachel Bilson and Samuel L. Jackson, made you want to jump out of a window, you may want to take the week off. The movie was a resounding success, both here and throughout the country, raking in over $27 million dollars over the three-day weekend. Guess there won’t be a desperate OC reunion anytime soon. read more »
Leapin’ Liman
JUMPER
RUNNING TIME 90 minutes
WRITTEN BY David S. Goyer, Jim Uhls, Simon Kinberg, Steven Gould
DIRECTED BY Doug Liman
STARRING Hayden Christensen, Samuel L. Jackson, Diane Lane
A piece of idiotic sci-fi piffle called Jumper looks like $90 billion wasted on 90 minutes of popcorn junk. Even the butter is phony. read more »
Sara Vilkomerson’s Guide to This Week’s Movies: Americans Get Dumb. And Dumber.
And it will be—those slick Super Bowl commercials looked pretty irresistible, right? read more »
King Phones It In
1408 is the latest product canned by the cottage industry known as Stephen King, but if you go expecting a horror movie, you’ll be disappointed. read more »
A Game of Hit-and-Run
A Marriage Made at Miramax
Bah, humbug, Hollywood! In a shower of blockbuster movie releases, only The Boxer brings good cheer.
